Trennt Michaud (medaled in novice with Judith Murtha-Anderson in 2013) has paired up with Hope McLean and they're training with Mike and Margaret/ Scott & Ali at the London Competitive Skating Centre (formerly the Competitive Skating Centre of Strathroy).

... I'm going to GUESS novice, but I don't know for sure. Hope has never done pairs so it might be good for her to have a year in Novice before moving up to junior.

I'm hoping someone can confirm a Purich/Schultz pairing soon. I'd love to see them together and expect they would have a bright future. A team to step in once Duhamel/Radford and MT/M retire. I honestly don't see either of those teams lasting another 4 years. I also don't see Lawernce/Swegers lasting either. They've had far too many injuries the last few seasons.

When L&S were interviewed by Scott Russell on CBC at Worlds, they didn't confirm that they are continuing, so perhaps that means they are going to assess Paige's injury in the off-season and see whether it's good for her to continue.

Grenier/Deschamps are my new favourite team - I LOVED them at Canadians and she was actually one of my junior fav's such a little power house! I love athletic style pairs with lots of speed - does anyone (Sylvia) know if they will qualify for any senior grand prix spots at all?

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Maybe they will be considered for a Skate Canada host spot if they monitor well this summer? I imagine they could get a Senior B opportunity in the early fall?

True - that may be the reason. But in the other thread, people said that Michael has stated he was staying with Margaret. So it will be interesting to see if this means they are both leaving together, or are going to look for other partners. At her height, Margaret may find it difficult to find any guy tall enough for her.

Anyways, Skate Canada can't be happy that both Purich/Tran & Purdy/Marinaro are no more. The Senior Pairs in Canada are getting very depleted - there were only 2 pairs who met the minimum scores for 4CC's this year, and now those 2 teams are done.

How sure are you about this...or is this just rumor?
Sad as it is for them it's SO for the best. Michael has a bright future. He needs to get to Natasha before that deal is sealed with Schultz. They would be a great fit in size, personality, body type....and could probably get out on the GP this fall. I'd be surprised if they don't at least try out. I've been sending vibes to the skate gods for two years now to make this pair happen.....

How sure are you about this...or is this just rumor?
Sad as it is for them it's SO for the best. Michael has a bright future. He needs to get to Natasha before that deal is sealed with Schultz. They would be a great fit in size, personality, body type....and could probably get out on the GP this fall. I'd be surprised if they don't at least try out. I've been sending vibes to the skate gods for two years now to make this pair happen.....

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tell me Purich is with Drew Wolfe who was 7th at Junior Men at Nats this year. He's young so perhaps she's taking another run at the jr. circuit. Not sure what this means for Schultz. Would love to have some eye witnesses to all this. So far all I'm hearing is second hand.

I've heard Schultz retired and wouldn't move to Quebec.
Purich/Wolf will train on Quebec.
Marinaro is skating with MT.
If you can learn anything from this it's that people say politically correct things when asked even though they know their intentions for the future are different. No way Dylan's body would last 4 more years so she's smart to start over now. Just don't think Marinaro is the right choice. Time will tell. Heard merv is skating with Donlan but that may still be just a rumour.

If you can learn anything from this it's that people say politically correct things when asked even though they know their intentions for the future are different. No way Dylan's body would last 4 more years so she's smart to start over now.

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Well you're right that skaters do often change their minds from what they say earlier in the season so I think we've all learned to not take every statement at face value, but in the case of Kirsten & Dylan, they sounded particularly confident that they would be continuing on next season.

There are other pairs skaters Dylan's age still competing (Radford is only about a year younger and Savchenko is older), but there is a big age difference between him and Kirsten. So I suppose it's possible that if he's retiring and Kirsten wants to continue, the beginning of a new cycle would be the time to make a change.